At approximately 1000 hrs. we
received a call from the Indio office of the
Riverside County Sheriffs' Department that a
group of hikers from a weekend descent of Deep
Canyon, were overdue in reaching the bottom of
the canyon near Palm Desert. It was decided that
the rendezvous point would be at the Sugar Loaf
cafe. While members were enroute, the group
walked out, and the mission was aborted at 1100
hrs.